Palms City Resort Darwin

... gardens.  This building is one of the only ones that has withstood the bombing of the city in 1942 and cyclone Tracy in 1974. While in Darwin we also took a wander through the Smith Street Mall and enjoyed views across the harbour from Bicentennial ...

... all very grand, typically Australian and typically tropical looking, pure white surrounded by carpets of green with tall palms alongside. There is no confusing this city for anywhere else it is very distinctive, and that's what I loved about it. They have ...

... Do you know anyone here?", "Why are you staying in Darwin?"). Finally I head to a backpackers' hostel near the city. The centre of Darwin is a sprawl of low-rise malls. Aboriginies sit on the pavements and in the parks, drinking, ignored by the passerby ...

... describe as the nicest people you could ever meet, into animals. Its stressful to see that the only beggars in Darwin were Aboriginal, driven to it by an acute dependancy on alcohol. Alcohol did not exist here until the European settlers introduced it and ...

... Ashley and Leanne, just could not wait to get out of the place and Ashley started going a bit loopy....   In any event Darwin has a very pretty waterfront and the official buildings were very nice and they had a top water park for the kids which we ...